Akka 1.0 RC1 Released

The first release candidate of Akka 1.0 has been
announced. This release candidate adds support for Remote Agents,
and memcached protocol support for Persistence module. TypedActors
to return Java Option is also supported, and a secure cookie based
remote node authentication has been added. With this release, the
branch is no longer open to new features, and the team will only
add bug fixes in preparation for the 1.0 final release. Please note
that Akka is now split into ‘Akka Core’ and ‘Akka Modules’
repositories and distributions.